Ex-US Vice President, Al Gore, Hails  Nextier’s Renewable Energy Initiatives

Former United States Vice President, Al Gore, has urged public policy think-tank, Nextier Group, to keep pushing its innovative renewable energy projects in Nigeria and the rest of Africa in line with efforts to find solutions to climate change challenges.

Gore stated this  at a private dinner organised by the New York Times during the COP 28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to a statement, the former American Vice President spoke after he was given an insight into some of the climate change projects being incubated by Nextier in Nigeria for Africa, by Nextier’s Founding Partner, by Patrick O. Okigbo III and Partner, Nextier Power, Emeka Okpukpara.

After the duo shared with Mr. Gore some of the innovative projects Nextier is incubating in Nigeria for Africa, he encouraged them to keep pushing despite the odds.

“When Al Gore (former US Vice President) released his documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, in 2006, most people weren’t paying attention to the risks of climate change.

“Today, the impacts are all around us, and most people are now paying attention.

“At a private dinner organised by the New York Times (at COP 28 in Dubai), Mr. Gore argued, quite forcefully, that the world can triple renewables by 2030. Indeed, renewables could power our future.

“He was preaching to the converted, but he fired up the room of about 80 dinner guests to double down to triple up.

“Patrick O. Okigbo III (Nextier’s Founding Partner) and Emeka Okpukpara (Partner, Nextier Power) shared with Mr. Gore some of the innovative projects the firm is incubating in Nigeria for Africa.

“He encouraged them to keep pushing despite the odds,”  the statement said.